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The Place to Improve Your Underwater Photography

In this section we post short tutorials on “How To?” accomplish a specific type of photograph underwater. These will be posted quite regularly and will be very short and to the point, giving out quick tips on how to improve your photography. In fact, from time to time we will also discuss other areas of photography such as aerials and land based photography as well. Keep the “How To” page bookmarked as it will be updated often.

How To Shoot with Filters Underwater – Tips and tricks to mastering this useful wide angle photography technique.

Perfect Blue Backgrounds – In this “Top Tip” we discuss “How To” get the perfect blue background in wide-angle photography

Split Photos – One of the more common questions we get asked photographically is about the Split Photo or Over/Under as it is also known. This type of photo is a lot easier than people think, it is just a question of finding a suitable situation and giving it a try.

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For me, the ultimate photo when it comes to close focus wide angle photography is capturing an octopus behaving in the unique ways that octopus do. In Bali, there is a black sand dive site called Puri Jati which is well known for its octopus population including long arm white V, mimic, and the ever curious coconut octopus. This particular photo was taken of a coconut octopus that I found in a few metres of water which was living inside its namesake: a coconut! The best thing about this encounter was the fact this octopus was a player, each time I edged closer, the octopus would pick up its home and scuttle across the sand away from me before settling down once again. The key to this image was shooting it from far enough away to show some of the background as well as the main subject. I also used a slower shutter speed in order to utilize the natural light to “burn in” the background to show the environment where the octopus lives.